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Best Picture:

Watching Walter

 

Best Drama:

Watching Walter

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Best Comedy:

Living With Grandma

 

Best Documentary:

Everforward

 

Best Animated:

Father Brown - Part 1

 

Best Action / Thriller:

Scorpion

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

As Easy as Closing Your Eyes

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

To the End

 

Best Musical:

Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale

 

Best Experimental:

Whispers

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

3 Minutos

 

Best Smartphone Film:

Solar Y

 

Best Director:

Mitch Yapko - "Watching Walter"

 

Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Stephen Tobolowsky - "Watching Walter"

 

Best Actor in Support Role:

Eric Petersen - "Unexpecting"

 

Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Lucy Cuellar - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"

 

Best Screenplay:

Aaron Golden and Parker Croft - "As Easy as Closing Your Eyes"

 

Best Cinematography:

Bryon Evans - "Watching Walter"

 

Best Editing:

Parker Croft - "As Easy as Closing Your Eyes"

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Vanessa Cuellar & Tina Pershing - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"

 

Best Costume Design:

Catherine Charpentier - "Watching Walter"

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Best SFX-VFX:

Lauren Bennet - "Demon Car of Proctor Valley Road"

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Best Sound Design:

Burak Erseçgen - "The Shell"

 

Best Music / Score:

William Cepeda - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"

 

Best Song:

“Democracy is Dangerous” by Thomas Pace - "The Lobbyists"

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s):

James Wicks - "Coastal Consciousness: San Diego"

 

Best Student Filmmaker:

India Mitchell - "Second Chance"

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Best First Time Filmmaker(s):

 Jeffrey O'Brien & Evan Rashby - "Waffles"

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Best Picture

As Easy as Closing Your Eyes

 

Best Drama:

An Outfit

 

Best Comedy:

Beethoven's Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild

 

Best Documentary:

StreetVet

 

Best Animated:

Pursuit

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

The Lobbyists

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

The Demon Car of Proctor Valley Road

 

Best Musical:

The One

 

Best Experimental:

Ball Trip

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

Farewellday

 

Best Smartphone Film:

A Device to Save the Planet

 

Best Director:

Parker Croft - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes

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Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Alexandra Grace - 3 Minutos

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Best Actor in Support Role:

Jacki Hydock - The Lobbyists

 

Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Benjamin Stockham - Watching Walter

 

Best Screenplay:

Mark Dylan Brown - Watching Walter

 

Best Cinematography:

Michael Tang - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"

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Best Editing:

Byron Evans - Watching Walter

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Austyn Cuccia - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes

 

Best Costume Design:

Vanessa Cuellar - "Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale"

 

Best SFX-VFX:

Timothy Stevens-Eustace - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes

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Best Sound Design:

Nathan Van Hala - Watching Walter

 

Best Music / Score:

AJ Singh - Nothing happens in Venice

 

Best Song:

“Let Me in” by Laura Alemán & Mireya Valasquez - An Outfit

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s):

Bobby Yu - Encounter at 30,000 feet

 

Best Student Filmmaker:

Mellony Ledo - The Things We Don’t Talk About

 

Best First Time Filmmaker:

 Ruiying Sun - To the End

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The Winners

Honorable Mention

And the Palma Dorada (Golden Palm) goes to...

San Diego
Short Film Festival

Next Event:

January 10, 2026

Quarterly Film Screening Festival

& Annual Film Festival

What

When

Where

San Diego

Short Film Festival

March 29, 2025

July 12, 2025

Oct 11, 2025

Jan 10, 2026

Digital Gym Cinema

1100 Market St,

San Diego, CA 92101

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